Determining the Therapeutic Position of an OA

Presented by: Rose Sheats, DMD, MPH
Thursday, December 17, 2020
7pm ET/6pm CT/5pm MT/4pm PT

Dr. Sheats will summarize recommendations of an AADSM task force to identify the therapeutic position of an oral appliance to manage sleep-disordered breathing.

Objectives
Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:
  1. Describe the process the task force used to develop recommendations to determine the therapeutic position of an oral appliance;
  2. List the strategies that clinicians may find useful in identifying the therapeutic position of an oral appliance; and
  3. Explain the reasons that some strategies were not deemed effective in determining the therapeutic position of an oral appliance
 
    Rose Sheats, DMD, MPH, is a board-certified orthodontist with a Masters in Public Health.  She retired in 2013 from her full-time academic position as the Graduate Orthodontic Program Director at the University of North Carolina.  She served several terms as a member of the AADSM Board of Directors and continues to promote the practice of dental sleep medicine through leadership positions and educational activities at the AADSM.  Dr. Sheats is a passionate advocate for the practice of evidence-based DSM and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
No potential conflicts of interest to disclose. 


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